Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shorcuts allow you to quickly perform an action without removing your hands from the keyboard to use your mouse or touchpad. If a button has a keyboard shortcut, you can quickly find it by hovering your mouse over the button. A tooltip will display with the shortcut key.

Global navigation

Switch to another app or screen within FastMail with these keyboard shortcuts:

Shortcut

Action

Description

Shift+G then M

Mail

Go your mail.

Shift+G then A

Address Book

Go your contacts.

Shift+G then N

Notes

Go your notes.

Shift+G then F

Files

Go your file storage.

Shift+G then B

Billing & Plan

Mange your account subscription and plan.

Shift+G then S

Settings

Open the settings for your account.

Shift+G then ?

Help

Open the FastMail help.

Shift+G then L

Log out

Log out of your account.

Mail shortcuts

These commands will work when you are viewing message lists in your Inbox or other folders.

General mail actions

Shortcut

Action

Description

C

Compose

Start composing a new message.

G

Go to folder

Quickly switch to a folder. Type the first few characters of the folder name, or use the up/down arrow keys to move between the matching folders. If a folder name is more than one word, you can match either word. Press Enter to open the selected folder.

Z

Undo

Undo the last thing you did, if possible.

Space

Page down

Scroll down one page (window-height).

Shift+Space

Page up

Scroll up one page (window-height).

/

Search messages

Focus the mail search box

Esc

Cancel

Remove focus from a text box.

Navigate, refresh & select

These actions apply while viewing your mailbox list. The currently focussed conversation is shown in the mailbox list with a blue line to the left of the checkbox.

Shortcut

Action

Description

U

Refresh

Check for any new messages or other changes to your mail.

J

Focus next

Move the focus down one conversation.

K

Focus previous

Move the focus up one conversation.

O or Enter

Open

Display the currently focussed conversation.

X

Select or deselect

Toggle the selection of the currently focussed conversation so you can perform an action (see next section).

Shift+X

Select/deselect a range

Toggle the selection of the currently focussed conversation, and also set the same selections state on all conversations between the focussed conversation and the last conversation on which you changed selection.

✻ then A or ' then A

Select all

Select all conversations in the mailbox.

✻ then N or ' then N

Unselect all

Clear any current selection.

Conversation actions

When viewing your mailbox list, these actions apply to any selected conversations. Selected messages appear with a checkmark to the left and are highlighted in a different colour. When reading a conversation, these actions apply just to that conversation.

D or # or Delete

Delete

Move every message in the selected conversations to your Trash folder. If they are already in the Trash folder, this will delete the messages permanently instead.

M

Move

Move the selected conversations to a different folder. Type the first few characters of the folder name, or use the up/down arrow keys to move between the matching folders. If a folder name is more than one word, you can match either word. Press Enter to move the conversations to the selected folder.

Y

Archive

Mark the selected conversations as read and move them to the Archive folder.

!

Report spam

Train your spam filter to recognise the selected conversations as spam, and move them to your Spam folder.

. then r

Mark read

Mark all messages in the selected conversations as read.

. then u

Mark unread

Mark all messages in the selected conversation as unread.

. then p

Pin

Pin the selected conversations.

. then n

Unpin

Remove the pin from the selected conversations.

%

Permanently delete

Delete the selected conversations forevever (cannot be undone).

Message actions

While reading a conversation, the following additional shortcuts are available.

Shortcut

Action

Description

J

Next

Open the next conversation down in the mailbox list.

K

Previous

Open the previous conversation in the mailbox list.

U

Return to the mailbox list.

R

Reply

Start a new reply to the sender or mailing list of the last message in the conversation (depending on whether the message came from a mailing list).

A

Reply to all

Start a new reply to all the participants in the last message of the conversation.

Alt+R

Reply to sender

Start a new reply to just the sender of the last message in the conversation, even if the Reply-to header is set to reply back to a mailing list.

F

Forward

Forward the last message in the conversation to someone else.

Shift+L

Display images

If the conversation has messages with blocked images, display them.

Shift+E

Expand all

Expand all collapsed messages in the conversation.

N

Focus next

Focus and scroll to the next message in the conversation. A focussed message is shown with a blue line to the left of the avatar at the top. When a message is focussed, the R/A/Alt+R/F shortcuts apply to that message instead of the last message in the conversation.

P

Focus previous

Focus and scroll to the previous message in the conversation. A focussed message is shown with a blue line to the left of the avatar at the top. When a message is focussed, the R/A/Alt+R/F shortcuts apply to that message instead of the last message in the conversation.

E

Expand

Expand or collapse the currently focussed message.

;

More actions

Show the "More actions" menu for the currently focussed message. You can then use the arrow keys and Enter to select an action. Note, the message must be expanded for this shortcut to be applicable.

Compose shortcuts

The following shortcuts can be used while composing messages.

Shortcut

Action

Description

Ctrl+Enter

Send

Send the message.

Ctrl+S

Save draft

Save the message to the Drafts folder.

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Backspace

Discard

Discard the message and any saved draft.

Ctrl+Shift+C

Show Cc

Shows the Cc field, if hidden.

Ctrl+Shift+B

Show Bcc

Shows the Bcc field, if hidden.

Ctrl+M

Format text

This only applies when in plain text mode. Rewraps paragraphs and tries to align text to make it neater.

Ctrl+B

Bold

Toggle bold in rich text.

Ctrl+I

Italic

Toggle italic in rich text.

Ctrl+U

Underline

Toggle underline in rich text.

Ctrl+Shift+5

Subscript

Toggle subscript in rich text.

Ctrl+Shift+6

Superscript

Toggle superscript in rich text.

Ctrl+Shift+7

Strikethrough

Toggle strikethrough in rich text.

Ctrl+Shift+8

Bullet list

Make a bullet list.

Ctrl+Shift+9

Numbered list

Make a numbered list.

Ctrl+[

Remove quote

Decrease the quote level.

Ctrl+]

Add quote

Increase the quote level.

Address book shortcuts

The following shortcuts can be used while viewing your address book.

Shortcut

Action

Description

N

New contact

Create a new contact.

J

Next

Focus and show the next contact.

K

Previous

Focus and show the previous contact.

X

Select/deselect

Select or deselect the focussed contact.

Shift+X

Select/deselect a range

Toggle the selection of the currently focussed contact, and also set the same selections state on all contacts between the focussed contact and the last contact on which you changed selection.

E

Edit

Edit the focussed contact.

Ctrl+S

Save

Save any changes you've made to the contact you are editing.

Esc

Discard changes

Stop editing and discard any changes you made.

# or Delete

Delete

Delete the selected contacts.

R

Groups

Add or remove the selected contacts to/from a contact group.

/

Search

Focus the contacts search box.

Z

Undo

Undo the last thing you did, if possible.

Calendar shortcuts

The following shortcuts can be used while viewing your calendar.

Shortcut

Action

Description

N

New event

Create a new event.

C

Calendars

Show the menu for toggling visibility of calendars on and off.

V

Switch view

Flip between Overview and Detail view.

O

Time zone

Change the time zone in which the calendar is viewed (to use this, first enable multiple time zone support in the settings).

G

Go to date

Type in a date and hit enter to quickly jump to a specific date. The input accepts most date formats.

T

Go to today

Quickly jump to today in the current view.

J

Next

Move the view forward one week (overview) or day (detail view).

K

Previous

Move the view back one week (overview) or day (detail view).

Ctrl+S

Save

Save any changes you've made to the event you are editing.

Esc

Close pop over

Closes any pop over currently visible.

Z or Ctrl+Z

Undo

Undo the last thing you did. You can undo up to your last 10 previous actions.